Penguin poop is stinky but useful. In Antarctica, the birds’ nutrient-rich guano allows mosses and other organisms to ...

A highly pathogenic strain of bird flu is spreading south along the Antarctic Peninsula and could devastate populations of ...

Peter Fretwell, mapping specialist and co-author at BAS, said it had become clear that the Antarctic Ice Sheet is thicker ...

The most detailed map yet of the landscape beneath Antarctica's ice sheet has been assembled by a team of international scientists led from the British Antarctic Survey (BAS).

Antarctica — which is one and a half times the size of Canada — has been governed by a treaty of nations. But with rising ...

“If you look on nautical charts, it calls this island Bombay Island after this boat,” Lockton said of the remains of an old ...

Planes routinely fly over the Arctic region, heading from one continent to another, but it's rare for one to fly over ...

Social media offers influencers more and more platforms to spread their Antarctic experiences, he says, meaning it is ever ...

The British Forces South Atlantic Islands, BFSAI continue to support the British Antarctic Survey following a reconnaissance ...

Sandwiched between the freezing cold of Earth’s coldest continent and the warmth of its southernmost active volcano, the ...

Step out on the sea ice just outside New Zealand’s Scott Base with researchers studying the physics of its annual cycle. Each ...

Today, elephant seals are uncommon visitors to the Antarctic continent, and breed on subantarctic islands including Macquarie ...